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I think the little pump is meant to be in the tank. That's where mine sits. The heat shrink tubing I used has held up really well.

There's a post a few pages earlier about routing the plumbing backwards so you can put the pump in the hob instead of the tank.

Once I figure out a few pieces I'll post the results.

01-25-2014 06:47 PM

le0p

i have seen someone put the pump in the breeder box, on this site actually, I just don't know where the post is.

My pump was in the tank. I started off using the little 40gph pump with this but put a nano hydor pump on it. The tube didn't fit so I just wrapped the outlet of the pump in some teflon tape and it stayed perfect for a year.

01-25-2014 07:34 AM

creekbottom

I think the little pump is meant to be in the tank. That's where mine sits. The heat shrink tubing I used has held up really well.

01-25-2014 07:17 AM

Down_Shift

Trying to figure out how to plumb the water pump while keeping it in the hob box to keep the tank clean. Anymore details on this? I bought some hose and it doesn't stay on the pump.

01-20-2014 05:56 AM

swoof

01-20-2014 05:20 AM

swoof

the sponge on the finnex hang on breeder is rather porous, the black thing where the water comes out. Shrimp will escape through that i've had it happen a few times. i'll load some pics of the finnex legs.

Ya, amazon won't ship it up here. Curiously though, they would ship the temp controllers up here, I don't get it.

I bought a small internal filter from big al's, I think the penn plax one. The opening on the filter and the box hose are the same size so I used some heat shrink tubing to hold the two together. It's been holding for over a year now!! Inside the box I used some water line to extend the tube into the bottom of the box.

01-19-2014 10:14 PM

shift

I ended up getting a large marina one since finnex only had them on amazon us. Are you using an air pump or small water pump? If so what water pump fit onto the intake? I'm guessing that would be a lot quieter then an air pump

just a warning shrimp babies will escape through the sponge on the finnex HOB (i've got blue diamonds in mine and keep finding babies in my 10 gallon that has Daisy's Neon Ricefish) The legs on the finnex, the inner part can be removed if you carefully slide the inside piece to the side and gently rotate them in and just remove the plastic screws. If you want i can post pics later.

please explain.
Sponge on the HOB?
and legs on the light?

pics would be appreciated. I'm still planning everything out in my head right now in prep of getting it on Thursday.

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